Watsonville

This long stretch of sand and bluffs has great accessible facilities including picnic areas, an interpretive center and RV camping. This beach is known for its fishing pier and fossils of extinct marine creatures in the bluffs. The beach is also a popular swimming spot.

One of the most unusual attractions in the Santa Cruz area rests at the end of the fishing pier: the SS Palo Alto, also known as as the Cement Ship.